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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
8
Local notes include reflections on epitaphs and heaven, silk sales and furniture ads, new births and house for rent notices, shop promotions, a jail arrest for intoxication, travel and excursion trains to Lake Macinckee and Toledo, church events, and visits among residents and officials.
Under the R R Y M C A a lecture on handling high explosives on railroads will be given next Saturday evening in the Broadway gym. Aimed at preventing accidents many disasters will be depicted on the canvas. The American Railroad Commission ships the lecturer. all railroad workers are urged to attend and the public is invited free of charge.
The Sutton hotel at 625 527 Broad way Logansport Ind is for rent. This family hotel features a large office dining room twenty two bedrooms and four bathrooms. For information contact The Logansport Daily Reporter 626 Broadway Logansport Ind.
Local Elks return from the state gathering in Indianapolis reporting a fine time. A large street parade featured visiting lodges with the Anderson unit in uniform and a Lafayette newsboys band leading. Next meeting set for Evansville with Warren G. Sayre of Wabash elected president and officers including Frank De Harity and Thomas Hedian in key posts.
A jumble of names and affiliations spans newspapers from Peru to Indianapolis, listing journalists and editors such as Wawarusa W A Woodring Peru Journal L M Spotts Roann Clarion Arthur B Holt Culver Citizen John C Ingram Democrat Journal Winamac Otto T Fries Jremen Enquirer J P Simmons Monticello Democrat M T Pershing and families plus many others across Indiana papers and cities. The collection notes personalities linked to various journals including Tipton Clay Metsger Plymouth Democrat and more, reflecting a montage of press figures.
Local items report retail ads for coal and Par is Green at Porters and silk goods. Esther Hines of Butler elopes with Miss Helen Ryan’s name. Crescent club plans Lake Maxinkuckee trip. Burlington pike viewers named R W Elliott and John Fuller. Warrant issued for Ambert R Banta on petit larceny. bail set at 100. Community updates cover funerals, visits, and travel plans.
High school group hosts at Fred Wipperman’s Pottawatomie Point gathering with Josephine Schlademann Ruth Justice and others. Leep year dance planned for Mr. and Mrs. George Hartz of Ogden Utah at Stettiner hall with music by Morehart and Denbo.
Herman Crockett and Harvey Crockett were married last evening at the Lutheran church parsonage. The couple will reside in Young America.
The circuit court upheld a justice court ruling awarding Minnie B. Reeder $90 against the Wabash company for goods damaged in transit after an appeal from the justice court.
A reader recounts coffee's caffeine effects from childhood to adulthood, detailing nervous spells and poor sleep. After trying Postum, life improves with better sleep and less nervousness, and the letter ends with a promotional line for Postum by the Battle Creek company.
Regular Cass Encampment No. 119 meets in the I O O F hall with Golden Rule work and a Court of Honor session for initiation. Fleur de Lis club gathers tomorrow at 1619 Smead Street hosted by Mrs George Cogley. Orient Lodge No 272 calls a meeting tonight for important work at 7 30. The Social Club of the G I A to B of L E hosted by Mrs M Murphey at 111 Berkley Street with helpers. Busy Bee club hosted by Mrs Doak at 1930 George Street at 2 PM.
One dollar fare to South Bend and return Sunday June 7. Train departures from Vandalia station at 7 05 a m and 10 20 a m.
U T offers a Sunday excursion to Indianapolis on June 7 with a $1.25 round trip. Special tickets valid on trains departing at 5 00, 5 45, 7 00, and 9 06 a m and usable on any return train the same day.
Tomorrow evening a very important meeting of the Deutscher Verein of Logansport is scheduled. All German speaking citizens are urged to attend. Rudolph Kloepfer serves as president and extends a cordial invitation to members.
John Hedde announces a fire sale of all kinds of coal from his address at 23 High Street calling inquiries to phone 1700.
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